Charles irwiisr



(No Model.) 0. IRWIN.

COMBINED COAL SGUTTLE AND ASH SIFTE'R.

No. 265,230. Patented-Sept. 26, 1882.

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CHARLES IRAVIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO GRENVILLE G. PIERGIL OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED COAL-SCUTTLE AND ASH=SIFTERQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,230,

dated September 26, 1882,

Application filed May 1, L882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES IRWIN, of the city of Chicago, county of (look, and State of Illinois, have invented certain lmprovements in Ooal-Scuttles and Ash-Sifters Combined, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to providing a coalbucket with a cheap, convenient, and etficient ash sitter or separator to be used to separate the ashes of such coal as may be left unconsumed in grates and stoves, or such as shall pass through grates and stoves without burning, in order that such coal may be saved for use instead of being left with the ashes and thrown into the ash-heap.

My said improvement will be fully described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a coal-bucket suitably constructed for use in connection with my improved ash-separator, and of a separator in proper position for use mounted upon the bucket; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section of the same as shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a cross vertical section of the separator alone, taken in the plane indicated by broken lines 3 3 in Fig. 2.

A indicates the bucket; B,thc body or shell of the separator B, its spout, through which the pieces of unburnt coal find their way into the bucket, a suitable opening into the same being provided,as shown. The under portion of the lower end of the body of the separator, as shown, rests upon a portion, 1, of the cover of the bucket, which is made fast thereon, so that the body will stand at an inclination to the cover, and in order to secure it in that position the front side is provided with a hook, b the permanent portion of the cover with a ring or link, (t and staple c and the ring is slipped over the point of the hookb and is slipped oit' the same when the body B is to be removed.

I) is a handle to be used in removing the body B, and b is an enlargement of the same for a hopper, into which mingled coal and ashes are poured so that they will slide down the incline into the bucket. i

G is a sitter or sieve of wire-gauze, which is interposed about midway between the upper side and the lower side or bottom of the shell B, and each of its two sides rests upon the cleats n, fastened to the side of the shell.

1? 1 indicate thin plates extending across the bottom of the separator, and at an acute angle with the same, so that they stand nearly vertically on the same, and they serve the purpose of arresting the ashes which pass through the meshes of the sieve and preventing their falling down to the bottom end of the separator. Now, when the mingled ashes and bits of coal are poured into the hopper b and slide down the incline ot' the sieve, the ashes pass through it, as the bits and blocks of coal roll more or less, and are arrested by the plates P P, and are there prevented from filling up the lower end of the shell and blocking up the sieve, while the bits of coal roll and slide upon the sieve into the bucket through spout B. \Vhen the space under the sieve shall have become pretty well filled the whole body B may be removed and the hinged door L turned back by the ring it and reversed, or the upper end turned downward, and emptied of the ashes.

It will be observed that the cover of the bucket consists of three parts-the central portion, 1", which is not removable, and contains the opening for the spoutB, the front section, a, which turns upon a hinge and opens for the coal to be turned out, and the rear section, a, which also turns and opens upon a hinge to allow the fresh coal to be poured or shoveled into the bucket, so that when the two hinged sections of the cover are down, and the door in the upper end of the shell also down, the ashes cannot escape in the form of dust, and hence theoperation of separating the ashes is, comparatively speaking, a cleanly one.

When the work is done the separator ma;

be lifted out of its seat in the cover and laid away in readiness for future use.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The bucket A, having the middlesection, 7', of the cover made fast thereon and provided with a suitable opening for the spout B, and its front and rear sections a and a hinged thereto, substantially as shown and described.

2. The separator B,in combination with the permanent section 0" of the cover, provided with staple a, link a and book 0 adapted to hold the separator in position when in use and l The combination of the separator B, hav ing spout B, With the bucket A,1n'0vided with a snitnble opening for the spout B, substantially as described.

allow of its removal when not in use, snbstnn- J tially as described.

3. In combination with the shell of the separator liliaving an ash-tight bottom, inclined as described, the vertical plates P, fastened upon said bottom, and the sieve G, the said plates being adapted to arrest the ashes and I OH A RUE S l IHV] N.

Attest:

IRENVILLE PIERCE, ABEL BOND.

detain them and keep the sieve tree of them along its Whole length to the lower end, substantially {LS described. 

